The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-06

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT, Feb
ruary "a disastrous railroad accident
occurred about I o'clock this morning at
Woodstock, VT, about two miles north
Of this place. The express which left
Springfield, Mass, at s o'clock last night
bound for Montreal when near Wood
stock ran off the bridge at that place,
and two sleepers and two passenger
coaches full of passengers fell through
the bridge, distance of sixty feet The
cars and bridge at once caught fire, the
latter being entirely consumed The exact
number of killed and wounded has not
been learned. Some place the number at
sixteen killed, while others say thirty or
forty lost their lives, and that a large
number were injured. Among the killed
is Frank WessOn, son of ID. B. WessOn
of the Springfield, Mass, firm of Smith
d WessOn, the fire arm manufacturers.
Conductor Sturtevant of the ill-fated
train was so badly burned that it is thought
he will die
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS, February $50
a.m.-The night express to Montreal,
which left here at 8:15 o'clock last night,
ran off the bridge at Woodstock, Vt, two
miles north of White River junction, and
the sleepers and passenger cars and the
bridge were entirely burned.
1t is reported that there are large
number of people injured, and the number
killed and burned is also reported to be
large. Conductor Sturteyant was fatally
burned. The accident occurred probably
between / and ? o'clock this morning on
the Central Vermont railroad.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT, Feb
ruary 5.-The train was running at high |
rate of speed when it ran Off the bridge !
The shrieks and groans of the injured F.
and dying were heart-Tending in the ex-
treme. The widest excitement prevails.
1t is impossible at this writing to give
the number of the dead Already ten
bodies have been taken from the wreck.
About thirty persons were injured
Physicians have been sent to the scene
and all is being done for the care of the
injured. Henry Tuxbury, of West Ran
dolph, the well-known lecturer, is among
lhN hillD'As lt ADltoS ~ IL JtIl llt
Junction consisted of one
Ileeping-car and a passenger-coach from
Springfield City; one Chicago sleeper,
at White-riyer Junction; one
7arlOr sleeper, one mail car from Boston.
and one passenger and baggage
,ar. The passengers were bound for the
Montreal carnival. One report says that
over twenty persons were killed.
BODIES RECOVERED.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT, Feb
'uary AT 1915 am, the railway Off
,ials say that tWenty-six bodies have
)een already taken from the wreck The
iccident on the Central Vermont occurred
nearly four miles above this place at ,
u Noodstock bridge, near the old Wood I
took station-the bridge spanning White !
liver 1t was hOrse-neek bridge and !
ONE fifty or sixty feet above the ice
The train left Boston at 7 pm, going !
IN Concord, n H., which place it left at |
:30 pm. The train left here consider Y
bly, late, and consisted of one baggage
me mail and smoker combined, two ordi- :
ary pasSenger-cars and two sleepers |
The later one left Boston with twenty \
our passengers and the other came from {
Mass, with fourteen passen- !
ers, and was connected at this place.
he accident occurred at about 3:10 O'clock
nm 4 rail hroke which fhratV tho train q